Fix iOS 11 ‘Cannot Connect To App Store’ iPhone/iPad Error

This is a guide that will show you how to Fix “cannot connect to App Store” iOS 11 error on iPhone and iPad devices.

Apple has released iOS 11 via OTA update for compatible device all across the globe. Unexpectedly, as is normal for a major firmware release, some users are experiencing certain errors on their devices since upgrading to the latest iOS operating system. One of them is failure to access App Store. Thankfully, the solution is not that hard to pull off as we are going to show you in the guide below.

Minor niggles are to be expected in any new big OS update. One such issue is the “Cannot Connect to App Store” error message on the App Store when you try to launch the app store on an iOS 11 powered iPhone or iPad. Apple hasn’t officially acknowledged the problem as of yet, and hence there is no work of official fix for it. But there is no problem in this world that can’t be fixed. Same is the case with error messages on iOS. It is possible to fix random niggles that show up on the new iOS 11 updated devices with the help of some useful hacks. Follow the steps below to learn the process of fixing app store crashing issue on iOS 11.

Step 1 – Grab your iOS 11 powered device and launch App Store.

Step 2 – Make sure you are in the Today tab, which the first tab from the left of the newly revamped App Store interface.

Step 3 – Note down the date shown at the top of the page in Today tab.

Step 4 – Close the App Store and go to the Settings app.

Step 5 – In Settings, head over to General > Date & Time and make sure that Set Automatically is disabled/turned OFF.

Step 6 – You can now make changes to the device’s date and time manually. Change the date to that of shown in the Today tab of the App Store.

Step 7 – Now, launch the App Store once again and leave it open for around 30 seconds without tapping on anything.

Step 8 – Then, go back to the Settings app and re-enable the Set Automatically feature to ensure automatic change to date & time on your device.

Step 9 – Next, double-tap on the Home button to invoke the App Switcher and swipe up on the App Store to close in altogether.

Step 10 – Relaunch the App Store from the Home screen as normal.

Step 11 – That’s it.

Hopefully, you will error-free passage to the new App Store with revamped UI on your iOS 11 device.